DESCRIPTION

For those people not familiar with Thomas van der Velden’s amazing independent game project Harmony, go download it and play it – it’s really something. It won a Cacoward in 2009, and is certainly some of the coolest work done using mostly the Vanilla Doom engine. Only one thing bothered me when the project was first released – the soundtrack for it consisted of three electronic tracks by Kyū. These three pieces were used across 11 levels, so the limited music selection felt to be a problem area, to me personally.

So, starting in early 2011, I spent a few months composing a new original MIDI soundtrack (with Thomas’s permission) for it. Now, here it is – a selection of fourteen brand-new tracks composed specifically for the game.

The tracks themselves definitely rank high for me, and at no point did I feel lacking in inspiration. Even so, it took me a good while to refine the tracks and get them into a state where I could confidently say that they were completed – this project was to be my biggest musical venture at the time, and the quality of each individual track was paramount. I’m glad I stuck to my guns and upheld the set of standards that I did for this project – overall the tracks are extremely pleasing to listen back to, but above all I believe they add a little extra “nostalgia factor” to the game itself. Good old MIDI files really sell the feeling of playing a lost oldschool shooter from the 90s.

I still consider this musical project to be one of my finest, so please check this out, or at least the YouTube playlist. Running the game with the new music does require you to download the game separately, of course, so be sure to go to Thomas’s site first and grab it for yourself.

Track Listing

TITLE: “Harmony (Title)“
INTERMISSION: “Harmony (Intermission)“
VICTORY: “The Killing Blow“
MAP01: Abduction — “Insurgence“
MAP02: Harm’s Way — “Desperate Intruder“
MAP03: Owt Mood — “Cryptology“
MAP04: Megalapolis — “Action Stations“
MAP05: The Hospital — “Sick Building Syndrome“
MAP06: Weapons Factory — “Pipeline“
MAP07: Underwater Lab — “Flood Gates“
MAP08: Airstrip One — “Running Out of Steam“
MAP09: Launch Base — “Engage“
MAP10: Radioactive Zone — “Mutated Paradise“
MAP11: Echidna — “Hall of Faces“